Iraqi court sentences Islamic State leader’s sister to death

Unnamed woman convicted of offering logistical support, cash and other help to jihadi fighters

This file image made from video posted on a militant website July 5, 2014, shows the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

A Baghdad court has convicted the sister of the Islamic State group’s leader on terrorism charges and sentenced her to death by hanging.

The spokesman for Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar, said in a statement on Thursday that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s sister was found guilty for “offering logistic support and help to (IS militants) in carrying out criminal acts.”

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